Story Highlights

Life happens to the best of us, especially the title character in "Christopher Robin" (Ewan McGregor).

He attends boarding school, grieves his father's death, becomes the man of the house, marries the beautiful Evelyn (Hayley Atwell), has a daughter (Bronte Carmichael) and goes to war.

With plenty of good and bad things thrown at him, the boy we know from the Hundred Acre Wood grows up to be an unbalanced adult: unbalanced in his priorities and in what his heart and mind tell him.

He focuses on his work at a luggage company more than his family, and that's plenty more baggage than what his company is selling.

In "Christopher Robin," Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor), his wife (Hayley Atwell) and daughter (Bronte Carmichael) get to know his old pals.(Photo: Laurie Sparham)

But that's when his childhood friends Winnie the Pooh, Tigger (both voiced by Jim Cummings), Eeyore (Brad Garrett) and the rest of the gang come into the picture to help.

"Christopher Robin" takes a classic story with characters people know and love and breathes new life into them, delivering an important reminder to balance life and all its qualities through strong symbolism.

There is a memorable scene in which Christopher Robin is "slaying" a heffalump to convince his Hundred Acre Wood friends that he is truly Christopher Robin.

In "Christopher Robin," the gang is back, including Tigger.(Photo: Laurie Sparham)

In this pivotal moment he's literally stomping on his briefcase, an object that he says holds all his important things, and symbolically showing that work doesn't own him anymore.

And it's clever writing like this that can amuse young children while simultaneously give substantial themes to make adults think.

For Winnie the Pooh fans, there are heartfelt moments they'll love, from an energetic round of Tigger's theme song to Pooh's morning stretch. It pays homage to the original 2-D animations, phrases and the chapter book-like introductions as the story begins and ends.

See the movie, and take the time to think, think, think with your loved ones.